In Pics: US President Joe Biden, Family Arrive At White House
Updated: January 21, 2021 03:32 IST
The inaugural parade to honour President Joe Biden's incoming administration kicked off on Wednesday. US President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris received a presidential escort from 15th Street to the White House.
Members of Washington DC's Metropolitan Police Department take part in the abbreviated parade after US President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wedneasday.
Under tight security, military bands and an escort of police motorcycles led the presidential motorcade to the White House down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Joe Biden was riding in a limousine with the license plate "46" -- he is the 46th US president -- flanked by six mask-wearing Secret Service agents before emerging to walk the final steps to the White House. President Biden offered a forewarning during his inaugural address, describing the nation as weathering a "winter of peril" amid a generational pandemic and other ailments.
Joe Biden was sworn in by Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. "It feels like I'm going home," he told a reporter from NBC News along the route.
The University of Delaware Marching Band takes part in the inauguration parade along the White House in Washington, DC.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff and family walk the abbreviated parade route after inauguration.
The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps parades past the White House in Washington.
According to Presidential Inaugural Committee, the parade featured "diverse, dynamic performances" in communities in all 56 states and territories.
